Moutain Hike to the Bog

The Running Jackal starts early, hiking from Todd through Blankensop and toward Rithet’s Bog, armed with a mapping app. and absolutely no certainty about where Robinwood actually is. Along the way come deer, bogs, black slugs, a little field mouse, and enough trail-side geography to turn a simple trip for breakfast into an expedition. There’s also the usual Jackal science: comparing apps, heart-rate straps, calorie counts, cadence, and trying desperately to simplify the technology without sacrificing Samantha’s reassuring nagging. Somewhere between the eight thousand steps and the thoughts about turning seventy-five and possibly making it to one hundred, the mission becomes less about Tim Hortons and more about proving that the adventure still works. And finally, with highway noise approaching and a tunnel ahead, the Running Jackal signs off—still walking, still recording, and apparently still planning podcasts for his hundredth birthday.